- KE 508 (Late Roman Pontic Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 123
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Aegean Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. Louvre MNB 3260
- Comparanda
- cf. AbadieReynalSodini1992, pp. 75-6, no. L51, fig. 32, pl. X:i, j (Thasos, end 5th-beginning 7th century)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bernhard1955, pp. 337-8, no. 356, pl. CVII (“Coptic“; Benaki Collection, from Egypt; Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw)
- Comparanda
- cf. Chrzsanovskietal2019, pp. 208-213, 215, nos. 1-4, figs. 2, 5 (variant A; State Historical Museum, Moscow and Hermitage; from North Black Sea)
- Comparanda
- cf. FischerWelling1984, p. 390, no. 53, pl. 25:2 (Münster)
- Comparanda
- cf. HippodromeII, fig. 40:3, 5 (Constantinople)
- Comparanda
- cf. Joly1974, p. 200, no. 1264, fig. 4, pl. LIV (similar format but degenerate design on discus?; Museo di Sabratha)
- Comparanda
- cf. Kobylina1978, pp. 160, 161, figs. 27, 28 (Chersonese and Olbia)
- Comparanda
- cf. Michelucci1975, p. 110, no. 378, pl. XXII (from Egypt; Museo Egizio, Florence)
- Comparanda
- cf. Rubright1973, p. 59, no. 54, pl. V (Sirmium)
- Comparanda
- cf. SalamineChypreVII, pp. 276-7, no. 837, pl. 46 (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia; T. Oziol)
- Comparanda
- cf. SarachaneII, pp. 82, 85-6, nos. 34-44, pl. 29 (Type 8; late 6th-7th centuries)
- Comparanda
- cf. Scorpan1978, p. 159, no. 12, pl. III (fragment; Sacidava, Romania)
- Comparanda
- cf. Sussman2017, pp. 200-201, no. 2394, fig. 158:1 (Israel Antiquities Authority)
- Comparanda
- cf. Welkov1935, p. 156, pl. 20, fig. 2:7 (Sadovsko Kale, Bulgaria, late 6th century)
- Comparanda
- cf. Zalesskaya1988, pp. 233-235, fig. 1 (Chersonese)
- Comparanda
- cf. Zhuravlev2007, pp. 223-224, fig. 17 (Chersonese)
- Comparanda
- cf. Zhuravlev2011, pp. 401-402, 412-414, figs. 8-9.2 (Chersonese)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pinkish red, very fine, slightly micaceous, rare tiny white and black bits), firing, and surface treatment (thin wash). Pontic: Chersonese? Lacks the finer detail and slip of Constantinopolitan products; see Chrzanovskietal2019, pp. 131-132.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of lateral to front left discus with adjacent shoulder and back left nozzle. Slight to moderate, sparse abrasion and scratching; more breaks; large, thin patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 86, no. 462, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.065
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.0535
- Preserved height
- 0.019
- Preserved length
- 0.0554
- Preserved width
- 0.195
- Weight (kg)
- 0.016
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 508 (Late Roman Pontic Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0508>
